Evaluation of risk of hydrological droughts by the trivariate Plackett copula in the East River basin (China)

Natural Hazards

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 529-547

  Chen, Yongqin David ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^b   Xiao, Mingzhong ^b   Singh, Vijay P ^c,d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Texas A M University   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East River; Hydrological drought; Secondary return period; Trivariate Plackett copula

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL HAZARD; PROBABILITY; RETURN PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAMFLOW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; DONG RIVER; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84881034772     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0628-8     Document Type: Article

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